• Posted on September 23, 2012

HOMEWORK AT SUNSET OVER ADELAIDE

Due to the way the harbor is situated, Adelaide is one of the few cities in Eastern or Southern Australia that gives you a full-on western sunset.  On this particular night, Franny and Finn used the nifty glass-enclosed balcony of our apartment to catch up on schoolwork.  Finn is working on his math, while Franny […]

  • Posted on September 03, 2012

FRANNY REPORTS: THE RECOLETA CEMETERY

Throughout our travels, Franny and Finn will file occasional reports about places we’ve visited or experiences we’ve shared.  To begin, Franny reports on one of the curious treasures of Buenos Aires: There is a saying that the dead live on in our hearts which keeps them alive forever.  This saying was shared with me when […]

  • Posted on August 14, 2012

A FEW SECONDS OF SCIENCE

We all know that when you flush a toilet or drain a sink in the northern hemisphere, the water drains counter clockwise.  And we know it’s the opposite in the southern hemisphere.  But what happens when the water is directly over the equator?  Here’s the experiment done just five feet north of the equator (shot […]

  • Posted on August 05, 2012

WHAT WE LEARN

Our curriculum is based on our travel, and we expect to learn alongside our children as much as teach.  We are full-on believers in “progressive education,” which is built on the belief that learning happens best when we experience things as opposed to only reading about them or studying them as abstract concepts.  In many […]

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